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Bollywood films of 1980

-Highest grossing:The top forty box office hits of the year 1980-1980 releases:...

 Hindi language film produced and directed by Atmaram. This action thriller casts Navin Nischol

Navin Nischol

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 in the lead with the support cast of Reena Roy

Reena Roy

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, Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi

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, Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan

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, Jankidas

Jankidas

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, Jayshree T.

Jayshree T.

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, Jeevan, K. N. Singh

K. N. Singh

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, Mehmood, Murad

Murad

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, Reeta Bhaduri, Sajjan

Sajjan

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, Shekhar Kapur

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. Nitin Mangeshkar scored the music for this film, with the lyrics written by Maya Govind.

The story, in brief, is about a dagger used in a criminal investigation, and the mysterious deaths around the life of its custodian.

Plot

Prakash (Navin Nischol), a librarian, lives with his daughter. One day, his friend and private detective Captain Usman (Suresh Oberoi) visits him and gives him a diary along with a dagger (Khanjar) to safeguard them. He also informs about their importance for a case under his investigation and threatens by some gangsters about them. Soon after this, Prakash learns that Usman is murdered. He also receives a call from a stranger enquiring about Usman's diary and the dagger. Meanwhile, a smart girl named Preeti (Reena Roy) starts to flirt and get closer to him to know about the diary and the dagger. Prakash notices her acts, ilustrates to the police the story of Usman's diary, the dagger, his murder and Preeti's attempts for them. They instruct him to follow her to learn about the gangsters she works with. Upon his insistence, Preeti informs about her activities under the instructions of Prince (Amjad Khan). Soon Prince learns about her behaviour and kills her. After few days, his brother-in-law Ramesh (Shekhar Kapur), married to his younger sister Jyothi (Rita Bhaduri), is also found murdered. Disturbed by these mysterious murders leading to the dagger, Prakash and his magician friends Jagat (Mehmood) and Rasvanti (Jashree T.) visit an old town Udaigarh, famous for Swamiji (Amjad Khan). One mystery leads to a deeper mystery and a series of thrilling events unravel the mystery of the khanjar.

Cast

• Naveen Nischol as Prakash
• Reena Roy
  Reena Roy
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   as Nisha/Preeti
• Suresh Oberoi
  Suresh Oberoi
  Suresh Oberoi is an Indian actor who is also father of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born in Quetta, now Pakistan and is a recipient of 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor...
  
   as Captain Usman
• Amjad Khan
  Amjad Khan
  Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...
  
   as Prince/Swamiji
• Jayshree T.
  Jayshree T.
  Born in Marathi family, Jayshree T is a Bollywood Actress/Dancer, who is still active in the bollywood movies and some Marathi movies.-Career:...
  
   as Rasvanti
• Mehmood as Jagat
• Reeta Bhaduri as Jyothi
• Shekhar Kapur
  Shekhar Kapur
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   as Ramesh
• Gauri Verma
• Jankidas
  Jankidas
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• Jeevan
• K. N. Singh
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• Manek Irani
• Mridula
• Murad
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• Raja Duggal
• Sajjan
• Sunder Taneja

Crew

• Direction – Atmaram
• Story – Ram Govind
• Screenplay – Ram Govind
• Dialogue – Ram Govind
• Production – Atmaram
• Production Company – Gurudutt Films
• Editing – E. G. Shinde
• Cinematograpy – K. R. Murthy, Yusuf
• Art Direction – L. G. Patil
• Costume Design – Leena Shah, Mani Rabadi
• Action Direction – Ravi Khanna
• Choreography – Kamal
• Background Music – Anil Mohile, Arun Paudwal
  Arun Paudwal
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• Music Direction – Nitin Mangeshkar
• Lyrics – Maya Govind
• Playback – Anjali, Arati Mukherjee
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  , Aziz Nazan, Jaspal Singh
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  , Mahmood, Usha Timothy

Soundtrack